U.S. Senate candidates Angus King and Cynthia Dill have made separate promises to disability rights advocates while speaking to about 100 people in Augusta.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ King, the independent former Maine governor, said Thursday that he'll appoint a disabilities advisory council to advise him on federal issues if he's elected to retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe's seat.

Dill, a Democratic state senator, promised to support federal legislation seeking at least minimum wages for disabled workers. Dill also emphasized her background as a civil rights lawyer who has successfully defended disabled clients.

King pointed to his role as governor in the closing of the Pineland Center, Maine's former home for the mentally disabled.